Kids Wings Literature Guide for The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen by Jane Yolen

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The Perfect Wizard:
Hans Christian Andersen
by Jane Yolen

If you were born to a poor family in 1805, do you think you would grow up to be wealthy?

If your mother told lies and you turned lies into fairy tales, would you think anyone would think you a genius?

If people said your grandfather was "mad" and then children called you "crazy," too, would you want to keep writing stories for them?

If people called you "ugly," would you want to appear on the stage?

If you didn't know a soul in a strange big city, would you go there to live completely on your own when you were fourteen-years old?

If you didn't get to go to school, would you start going to school when you were seventeen?

If people didn't like the stories you wrote, would you persevere and even pay to get them published in a book?

Hans Christian Andersen did all of these things and more! How could someone who experienced so much suffering and humiliation in his lifetime, bring happiness to others?

Now you can read his biography in a beautiful picture book by Jane Yolen. At the bottom of each page, you can see a snapshot of one of his stories, inspired by his childhood and his struggles. Read about his determination to gain fame and the long road to his genius being discovered. His fairy tales have lived happily ever after in the hearts of children and kings for hundreds of years. He was The Perfect Wizard.

Research Links for
The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen

Author, Jane Yolen's Website
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales and Stories
I'm Hans Christian Andersen Song and Lyrics
Classic Fairy Tales
Timeline of Hans Christian Andersen's Life
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
The Emeror's New Suit--Dress Him!
Andersen Fairy Tales
The Tinderbox
The Darning Needle
The Swineherd
The Leaping Match

Literature Connections:

The Uglified Ducky by Willie Classlin

The Young Hans Christian Andersen by Karen Hesse

Another Book by Jane Yolen:

Merlin and the Dragons
with Kids Wings unit in Literature Based Learning

The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen

You can purchase the complete Kids' Wings 27-page Unit for The Perfect Wizard by Jane Yolen and The Uglified Ducky by Willy Claflin NOW! Available for immediate download for only $17.95!
Sharable within your school!
Click Here to purchase and download from Teachers Pay Teachers.

The 18-Page Unit for The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen Contains:
Anticipation Guide
Crossword Puzzle
Six-Page Readers’ Theater Script for the traditional "Ugly Duckling"
Character Study
Multiple Choice Comprehension
Writing Prompts
Professionally Recorded Song by Suzy Red and Ted Newman
and MORE!
PLUS
The 7-Page Unit for The Uglified Ducky Unit Contains:
Willie Claflin's delightful story telling on CD in the book!
Discussion Cards
Crossword Puzzle
Storytelling Guide
Multiple Choice Comprehension
Dialect and Non-Standard English
Comparison of Books
Answer Keys

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